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Nov 13, 2004 at 1:16 AM

The arrest and subsequent release of 18-year-old Zachary B. Johnson of 1731 Hayne St. on Friday marks the third teenager arrested in connection with an alleged lynching last week near Fuddruckers restaurant on Southport Road.

Johnson was released after posting $5,000 bail. Brandon Todd, 17, and Joseph Marzouca, 19, were jailed and posted bail earlier this week.

The three are accused of attacking two other teenagers at what a police report labeled a party late on Nov. 4. They were part of a group known as the "Southern Boys," a police report states.

Teenager charged in shooting case

A Spartanburg teenager apparently still carrying baggage from a year-old high school fight was jailed on multiple counts Friday, including assault with intent to kill.

Reginald Antonio Twitty, 18, of 3420 Friar Tuck Road was charged in connection with incidents that occurred in August and October.

A 17-year-old, Brandon Boyce, told police in October that he saw Twitty at a gasoline station on John B. White Sr. Boulevard. Twitty asked him, "Do you remember that fight?" a report states. Boyce said that referred to an altercation at a school last year. Twitty brandished a silver handgun, at which point Boyce fled in his mother's car, according to the incident report.

Twitty allegedly followed Boyce to Crescent Hills Apartments. When Boyce stopped and tried to run for cover, Boyce fired several shots at him, the report states.

The August incident involved an 18-year-old Scruggs Avenue man who told police that Twitty and someone else ran up behind him and punched him in the face.

'Cleaning lady' pulls off swindle

An unknown woman posing as a cleaning lady swindled $32 from Mary Locke, 67, of South Church Street, police reports indicate.

The woman knocked on Locke's door Friday, saying she had just finished cleaning an apartment next door. The woman asked to use Locke's phone, then asked for payment for cleaning the neighbor's apartment, a report states.

Locke gave the woman cash under the promise that her neighbor would take care of the payment later. Locke never asked whom the unknown person called on her phone, the report states.

Boyfriend faces murder charge

An Orangeburg man has been charged with murder after his girlfriend died from a gunshot wound suffered last month.

Corey Anthony Stephens, 22, originally was charged with assault and battery with intent to kill.

The charged was upgraded to murder after Latasha Shante Singleton died Monday in a Columbia hospital. Singleton was shot in the face on Oct. 31.

Singleton was found in a bathroom in her home sitting with her head between her legs.

Two men arrested in Marlboro shooting

Two Marlboro County brothers have surrendered in the shooting death of a Bennettsville man this week.

Kwame Lilly, 26, turned himself in late Wednesday and was charged with murder in the shooting death of 27-year-old Kelvin Platt.

Lilly's brother, 27-year-old Chonti Lilly, was in jail Wednesday on charges of accessory before the fact of a felony and illegal possession of a gun.

"He (Chonti Lilly) told us that he'd seen himself on the news and wanted to come see what was going on," Lt. Marlboro Terry said.